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... Atlas 20 by 16 20 by 15 20 by 30 24 by 19 30 by 22 28 by 23 34 by 26 From the names given to these various papers a system of classification of books has sprung up which , though confusing in the first instance , becomes easy enough to ...
... Atlas 20 by 16 20 by 15 20 by 30 24 by 19 30 by 22 28 by 23 34 by 26 From the names given to these various papers a system of classification of books has sprung up which , though confusing in the first instance , becomes easy enough to ...
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... Atlas are used exclusively for folio books , which are of the shape of 8vo , only very much larger . Quartos , on the other hand , are always square ; while 12mos are again of the shape of 8vos , though smaller . Anyone who is ...
... Atlas are used exclusively for folio books , which are of the shape of 8vo , only very much larger . Quartos , on the other hand , are always square ; while 12mos are again of the shape of 8vos , though smaller . Anyone who is ...
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... atlas 4to , coloured plates , Paris , 1802 ; £ 7 ; large paper , 2 vols . , folio , plates coloured and heightened with gold , £ 16 ( mor . ex . ) . Audubon ( J. J. ) , Birds of America , 4 vols . , elephant folio , 1826-38 . An ...
... atlas 4to , coloured plates , Paris , 1802 ; £ 7 ; large paper , 2 vols . , folio , plates coloured and heightened with gold , £ 16 ( mor . ex . ) . Audubon ( J. J. ) , Birds of America , 4 vols . , elephant folio , 1826-38 . An ...
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... atlas ; £ 1 10s . Gosse ( P. H. ) , Illustrations of the Birds of Jamaica , 52 coloured plates , 1849 , 8vo ; £ 5 12s . 6d . ( hf . cf. ) . Gould ( John ) , The Birds of Europe , London , 1832-37 , impl . folio , 5 vols . , 449 coloured ...
... atlas ; £ 1 10s . Gosse ( P. H. ) , Illustrations of the Birds of Jamaica , 52 coloured plates , 1849 , 8vo ; £ 5 12s . 6d . ( hf . cf. ) . Gould ( John ) , The Birds of Europe , London , 1832-37 , impl . folio , 5 vols . , 449 coloured ...
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... Atlas of the Eggs of the Birds of Europe , in Parts , 1-17 , royal 8vo , coloured plates , 1844 ; £ 3 . Lewin ( W. ) , The Birds of Great Britain , 323 coloured illus- trations , 7 vols . , 4to , 1789-94 ; £ 6 ( russ . ex . ) . Second ...
... Atlas of the Eggs of the Birds of Europe , in Parts , 1-17 , royal 8vo , coloured plates , 1844 ; £ 3 . Lewin ( W. ) , The Birds of Great Britain , 323 coloured illus- trations , 7 vols . , 4to , 1789-94 ; £ 6 ( russ . ex . ) . Second ...
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